As climate catastrophe looms, the interdependence of the urban and rural worlds has never been starker. The countryside can no longer be dismissed as a bastion of tradition - it is where the future is taking place, finds Edwin Heathcote.

Some of Britain's biggest cultural institutions are taking action on climate change

Over half the world's population lives in cities, and the number is rising. How will the cities of the future look? Jamie Fobert joins ICON's editor to discuss climate change, high-density living and avoiding ego-driven design

Inside the new issue: architecture in extreme climates, space-age dystopias, the towering task of social housing, David Rockwell’s Manhattan school, interviews with Shigeru Ban and Stefano Boeri, and more